Summer Paris 2024 - General Discussion

[Teen Wolf]

Dumb events that don't get enough shit: any track cycling race involving more than 8 bikes at a time.

The Madison needs to go, for good. Waste of time and nobody knows what's going on, including the hopeless officials. Replace it with a mixed team race imo.

Get rid of the omnium too and just do a knockout series of one type of race, be it scratch/tempo/elimination (start with say 4 races of 6 or 8 [i.e. 24-32 competitors], top 3-4 progress to semi finals, points carry over from previous rounds).

 

[Richard Cranium]

Dumb events that don't get enough shit: any track cycling race involving more than 8 bikes at a time.

The Madison needs to go, for good. Waste of time and nobody knows what's going on, including the hopeless officials. Replace it with a mixed team race imo.

Get rid of the omnium too and just do a knockout series of one type of race, be it scratch/tempo/elimination (start with say 4 races of 6 or 8 [i.e. 24-32 competitors], top 3-4 progress to semi finals, points carry over from previous rounds).

Disagree. The chaos is beautiful.

 

[The Flying Belgian]

Dumb events that don't get enough shit: any track cycling race involving more than 8 bikes at a time.

The Madison needs to go, for good. Waste of time and nobody knows what's going on, including the hopeless officials. Replace it with a mixed team race imo.

Get rid of the omnium too and just do a knockout series of one type of race, be it scratch/tempo/elimination (start with say 4 races of 6 or 8 [i.e. 24-32 competitors], top 3-4 progress to semi finals, points carry over from previous rounds).

Are you kidding? The madison is amazing. Some just can't appreciate greatness in the midst of chaos.

The omnium is basically the cycling equivalent of the decathlon/heptathon.

 

[Sydney Kicker]

Dumb events that don't get enough shit: any track cycling race involving more than 8 bikes at a time.

The Madison needs to go, for good. Waste of time and nobody knows what's going on, including the hopeless officials. Replace it with a mixed team race imo.

Get rid of the omnium too and just do a knockout series of one type of race, be it scratch/tempo/elimination (start with say 4 races of 6 or 8 [i.e. 24-32 competitors], top 3-4 progress to semi finals, points carry over from previous rounds).

Track cycling is fantastic. Have always loved points races, madisons, the elimination race in the omnium. One of the best parts of the olympics.

 

[Sydney Kicker]

Finucane out of the gold medal match. Laura Kenny prediction of 3 golds for Finucane looking worse and worse.

 

[Ghost Patrol]

28 different cycling events, but no unicycles?

 

[Teen Wolf]

Are you kidding? The madison is amazing. Some just can't appreciate greatness in the midst of chaos.

200 laps of an overcrowded, oval track... A lot of people like NASCAR too, but not everybody. Why is that hard to believe?

 

[Sydney Kicker]

Great ride by Baker. A good place and saved her energy in the last few laps when she knew competing for the lap wins wasn't going to make a difference to her final place.

 

[Richard Cranium]

28 different cycling events, but no unicycles?

Brisbane 2032?

 

[Ghost Patrol]

Why is French Kieron on a motorcycle?

 

[The Flying Belgian]

200 laps of an overcrowded, oval track... A lot of people like NASCAR too, but not everybody. Why is that hard to believe?

Actually, it doesn't surprise me. A bit of hyperbole there, but no more than your claim that nobody understands it. It's a 2 person relay, one rider is active at any one time. Not that hard to keep track of.

 

[The King!]

Does the Modern pentathlon usually swim outside?

 

[Royces Hart]

Does the Modern pentathlon usually swim outside?

Not always but in recent times.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Actually, it doesn't surprise me. A bit of hyperbole there, but no more than your claim that nobody understands it. It's a 2 person relay, one rider is active at any one time. Not that hard to keep track of.

"Nobody knows what's going on" isn't a question of understanding the concept of the race though.

The broadcasters can't cover it properly and the officials can't keep on top of half the deadshits who cut everybody else off.

 

[The King!]

Geez I have enjoyed this Olympics , I think being able to watch you want makes it harder to compare to other games, that's why London was great.

But this has felt right up there in terms of good contests and moments,
timezone bit annoying but always something on of an evening live.

Better than the last 2 Olympics imo, has fans so that's easy compared to Tokyo.

Maybe recency bias of course

 

[GreyCrow]

The big races need eliminators - every ten laps someone is yanked from the velo

 

[The King!]

I rode a track bike for the first time this year , heck doing this

 

[drd23]

Brilliant by Richo in that semi. he can do it again in the final

 

[Rustin Cohle]

Rochelle Gilmore is hopeless. It has been blatantly clear that Andrews is the form rider of the meet and she's acting like her winning is a huge upset.

These judges in the elimination race are seriously hopeless. Making it up as they go.

 

[MJG14]

Men's handball final may be decided already, 15 minutes in.

 

[William C]

Volleyball: Italy women up 2 sets to 0 vs the USA

Looking good for China to top the medal tally now

 

[Seeds]

Dumb events that don't get enough shit: any track cycling race involving more than 8 bikes at a time.

The Madison needs to go, for good. Waste of time and nobody knows what's going on, including the hopeless officials. Replace it with a mixed team race imo.

Get rid of the omnium too and just do a knockout series of one type of race, be it scratch/tempo/elimination (start with say 4 races of 6 or 8 [i.e. 24-32 competitors], top 3-4 progress to semi finals, points carry over from previous rounds).

This is just so wrong.

Its the chaos, tactics and courage of these events that makes track cycling interesting.

 

[GreyCrow]

Volleyball: Italy women up 2 sets to 0 vs the USA

Looking good for China to top the medal tally now

Until America start the drug accusations ironically exposing their athletes to the same *cough cough scrutiny

 

[Teen Wolf]

This is just so wrong.

Its the chaos, tactics and courage of these events that makes track cycling interesting.

There's plenty of all that in the Keirin and sprint races.

These 20+ rider races are for hacks.

 

[Barrybran]

60 minutes of handball seems like amazing cardio